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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
11,430 approved · 1,700 refused · 893 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 11 Jul 2003 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
101 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 28 Aug 2012Land to The Rear of Crown Inn, 64-66 All Saints Street, Hastings
Received 28 Aug 2012The Crown Inn, 64-66 All Saints Street, Hastings
Received 28 Aug 2012Tivoli Tavern, 133 Battle Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AD
Received 29 Aug 2012Workshop at junction of Adelaide Road and, Menzies Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9BB
Received 29 Aug 2012Units 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 & 8, Ore Business Park, Farley Bank, Hastings, TN35 5QA
Received 29 Aug 2012The Flour Loft First Floor Flat, Silchester Mews, Silchester Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JB
Received 31 Aug 2012Combe Haven Holiday Park, Harley Shute Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8BZ
Received 31 Aug 201248 The Croft, Hastings, TN34 3HH
Received 31 Aug 2012102 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 31 Aug 2012102 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 31 Aug 201225 White Rock, Hastings, TN34 1JY
Received 31 Aug 2012Land south of, 12-17 Catsfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Sept 2012Land south of, 12-17 Catsfield Close, St Leonards-on-sea
Received 3 Sept 201282 Marine Court, Marina, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0DW
Received 3 Sept 20129 Wellington Square, Hastings, TN34 1PB
Received 3 Sept 20121 Maplehurst Rise, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7ND
Received 4 Sept 2012Site of former 2 to 20 evens, Fellows Road, Hastings, TN34 3TY
Received 2 Aug 201216 High Street, Hastings, TN34 3EY
Received 30 Aug 2012Police Station, Horntye Park, Hastings, TN34 1JJ
Received 30 Aug 201281 Upper Glen Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7AY
Received 31 Aug 201220 Holmhurst Lane, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7LW
Received 31 Aug 2012259 St Helens Road, Hastings, TN34 2NF
Received 4 Sept 201249 Ironlatch Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 9JN
Received 5 Sept 2012Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hastings Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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